sparky anderson Stories - Bless You Boys
Fantasy Baseball, Real Links: R.I.P. Sparky
I've wasted my pathetic amount of creativity on these titles this week. You know what popped into my head for today's title? Actually no, you don't, trust me. And like I mentioned on Tuesday, you can now choose which pun is the least of four evils. Or you can vote that they are all terrible and I...
The Living Ghost of Pete Rose Compels You: Pre-Game Pump Up
Just a few inspirational nuggets before the Game Thread drops: "I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball." - Pete Rose "I haven't missed a game in two-and-a-half years. I go to the park as sick as a dog and, when I see my uniform hanging there, I get well right now. Then I see...
1984 Once Again Roars in Detroit
"Think about this now. There will be four or five of these guys together again, maybe, but never all together again. I'm 75. I know I ain't going to make it." -- Sparky Anderson Tom Gage has probably seen better days as a beat writer, but he's been on a roll as a columnist lately. ...
Do the Right Thing, Detroit Tigers: Honor Sparky Anderson
Tom Gage already covered this in Friday's Detroit News, and I'm glad he did, because one of the city's veteran baseball writers should be taking the Detroit Tigers and their ownership to task for failing to do the right thing. But I intended to write a similar article for today, and I'm still going...
25 Random Baseball Things: Detroit Tigers Edition
If you're on Facebook, you've undoubtedly been subjected to, and/or taken part in, the "25 Random Things" phenomenon. (I'm not trying to sound like I've avoided it. Those lists have constituted a big chunk of my recent online reading. Hey, I typed one out, too. And the people loved it!) And if...
Former Tigers Coach Billy Consolo Passes Away
Here's some sad news for long-time Detroit Tigers fans. Former coach Billy Consolo, who was a coach for the team from 1979 to 1992, and again in 1995, passed away yesterday from an apparent heart attack. He was 73 years old. In addition to his coaching career, Consolo played for 10 years in the...
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